MTL - This Text Adventure Game is Absolutely Toxic-Chapter 386 meet brand

  Chapter 386 Meeting Brand

   "Is this map real or fake?"

   At the Scarlet Dawn headquarters, a group of people gathered around the hand-drawn map displayed on the big screen, all with this question in their minds.

"This drawing is so detailed that it doesn't look like a scribble. Judging from the architecture and route style above, it is also consistent with the map we have. So at least we can be sure that the painter must have seen the real Sky City with his own eyes. Map!" The bald black man sitting at the top said: "And there will be no more than 300 such people among all the players, and the range is very small. Of course, if it is said that the ghost captain deliberately released a fake map to confuse us, it is also possible .”

  The others frowned upon hearing this, wondering if the dignified number one expert would really engage in such meaningless tricks?

"Do you think Fragment Five is not in Captain Ghost's hands at all?" Leng Ye frowned at this moment: "At the meeting of the blood clans, the vampire count claimed to have taken out Fragment Five, but no one else could prove it. For this, the ghost knows whether he got five or not."

   "But if Fragment Five is in the hands of a third party, what does it mean for the other party to publish the picture?" Another person asked.

This is the point that makes them want to break their heads and can't figure it out. No matter who owns the picture, if it is released directly, the value of the picture itself will be greatly depreciated in an instant, and only the basic function of opening the entrance will be left. , which is equivalent to unconditionally distributing one's own interests to others without asking for anything in return.

   "Or, is there an inner ghost on the ghost captain's side?!" Another person guessed.

"Is this unlikely?" Leng Ye frowned: "It's still the same problem, there is no benefit. Even if there is an insider, after getting the map, they should contact us in private, exchange the map for benefits, and what's the matter if they make it public directly ?”

   "Why is my brain burnt again? I don't like doing problems the most. Why don't you just grab someone to fight..." The boy lay on the table, scratching his head in distress.

The other people present looked at the young man speechlessly. How could the competition for a sky city be such a joke? One point more chance of winning the city lord.

   "Actually, there is another possibility..." The Caucasian man wearing sunglasses exhaled and suddenly spoke.

   "Say." The tyrant looked at him.

   Others also looked over.

   "Piece 5 may really be in Captain Ghost's hands now, but at the beginning, this map may not be in his hands. After all, his main energy in the early stage needs to be used to **** Dawn City.

   That is to say, this picture is very likely to be snatched by the ghost captain from someone else. Then, the person who originally mastered this picture may also have seen this picture. " said the man with sunglasses.

   "Wait, but in this case, that person needs to collect all three fragments to remove the fog on the map!" Leng Ye questioned. They had collected six fragments along the way before, and only three remained outside. Could it be that these three fragments were all in the hands of another person before, did Captain Ghost have one?

   "So what about three pieces? Don't forget, we had two fragments before, and we got them out of nowhere." The man in sunglasses reminded.

   Several people were taken aback when they heard the words, and then immediately remembered something.

They actually only had four fragments at the beginning. Until the weekend ten days ago, they searched for other fragments with a map as usual, and unexpectedly found two fragments of Eternal Night City in another underground city hundreds of kilometers away. The two fragments were thrown on the ground without any concealment, like garbage that was thrown away by someone.

  They were also very suspicious about this matter, but after taking it back for testing, they found that these two pieces were indeed genuine pieces of Eternal Night City, and they hadn't done any tampering, so they relieved their worries and accepted them happily.

  Until now, with the matter in front of them, it reminded them of a more likely situation.

   "You mean, our two fragments also came from the person who released the map?" The tyrant asked with a frown.

"Yes." The man in the sunglasses nodded: "Let's review the whole thing: Ten days ago, besides us and the ghost captain, there was another person who held three fragments. The distribution of fragments at that time should be four three two, Four for us, three for this person, and two for Captain Ghost."

"Afterwards, this person should have had a conflict with the ghost captain, and was snatched by the ghost captain. The remaining two pieces, perhaps because he was afraid that the ghost captain would follow the guidance to find the location, this person had no choice but to discard them. .”

   "You mean, this person has a grudge because he was robbed of the fragments by the ghost captain, and now he publishes the map just to avenge him?" Leng Ye asked with a strange expression.

   "This is the only possibility I can think of." The man in sunglasses nodded.

   "However, if you want to take revenge, wouldn't it be better to cooperate with us directly? You can also get some rewards from us while attacking the ghost captain." Angelia the wolf beauty wondered.

"Should be, I'm afraid of being exposed..." The man in sunglasses thought for a while and said, "From the behavior of this person who discarded other fragments after being robbed, it is obvious that the other party is very afraid of his location being discovered, and cooperating with us. After all, communication is needed, as long as there is communication, there is the possibility of exposing yourself.”

   "Be careful... Is this ghost captain so scary?" the boy muttered.

   "Actually, it's not necessarily Captain Ghost who is afraid of the other party." At this moment, the man in sunglasses said again.

   "Oh? How do you say it?"

"Judging from the location of the two fragments we found and the situation at the scene, the fragments were thrown on the ground by a person, indicating that the person left in a hurry and had no time to do anything. Most importantly, the two The first fragment was not picked up by the ghost captain, but we found it first, which shows that the ghost captain was not nearby at that time." The man in the sunglasses said: "Then the question is, since the ghost captain was not there, was this person there at that time?" afraid of what?"

   After speaking, the surroundings were completely silent.

  The man in sunglasses looked up, and a group of people were still staring at him eagerly, waiting for him to continue his analysis.

   "Hey, from the existing information, there are only so many things that can be guessed..." The man in sunglasses hurriedly said, and then looked at a subordinate next to him: "Have you contacted the owner of this post?"

   "No, the other party has always disagreed with the friend application, and the message they sent has not been replied at all." The subordinate said.

   "Sure enough..." The man in sunglasses nodded, which actually met his expectations.

  Others also looked at each other in blank dismay, but this person did not dare to reply, which just proved that the analysis just now was very likely to be true.

   "If your guess is correct, then this map should also be real."

The tyrant looked at the enlarged drawing on the projector: "This is good news for us. In this way, we have already collected the route of 12365. Next, we only need to guard the entrance of No. 1 and wait Gather the pieces together!"

  …

   Mu You didn't know that someone in Scarlet Dawn had already analyzed the reasons for this incident.

  At the moment, he and Xue Lin are also discussing this post.

  However, because they have more information, the conclusion they draw here is different from that of Scarlet Dawn.

   "It seems that the purpose of Hongxiu releasing this picture is to speed up the opening of Eternal Night City..."

   This is the conclusion that Mu You and Lin Xue came to after discussing.

  Hongxiu and the old man who rescued her at that time should now hide in the unborn Dawn City, not only to avoid the world, but also to avoid those time guards. And in this way, all things that may reveal their location need to be destroyed and discarded, including map fragments.

  Now, the other party deliberately released the No. 5 map, of course, it cannot be just because of the simple psychology of revenge. This important decision must be purposeful.

In connection with the current situation, the purpose is not difficult to understand: most likely the other party has discovered that the competition in Eternal Night City has entered a stalemate, and the opening of Eternal Night City is restricted by the Dark Night. If it cannot be opened within a few days, They will have to wait another month. In order to break this deadlock and speed up the opening of Eternal Night City, the other party released the map.

  The question now is: what good will it do them to open Eternal Night City as soon as possible?

  I am afraid that only the other party knows this question, and it is impossible to guess it by guessing.

   Mu You shook his head, closed the post, and logged into the game again.

The announcement of the map is equivalent to directly adding a core fragment to Scarlet Dawn. In this way, the No. 1 entrance route of Scarlet Dawn should have been collected, and the advantage has completely shifted to the opponent's side, which also made him fall into a passive position. .

   Now, Mu You also had to make some substantive responses to reverse the situation: he was going to go to the Duke of the Blood Race first, and talk straight to the point.

  【You appeared in a dark alley in the Undercity. 】

  【The surroundings are quiet and silent, you check the surroundings vigilantly, but you don’t find any traces of an ambush...】

   This time it went online, it was rare to not be attacked by those little wolves again.

   This is normal. With an absolute advantage, the opponent doesn't have to do anything now. Just sit on the Diaoyutai and wait for the entrance to open.

  Mu You controlled the character to leave the alley and chose 'Go to the residence of Duke Brand'.

  In the past two days, he followed Mai to visit other blood races everywhere, but he touched all the places where the blood races lived.

   But what he didn't expect was that just as he walked out, two people appeared in front of him and stopped him.

  【You walk out of the alley. 】

  【Two bats flew from the front and landed in front of you, turning into two blood servants from the Vanjo family, bowing to you politely. 】

  【"Lord Liston, Your Excellency the Duke, please." One of the blood servants smiled and made a gesture of invitation. 】

   Mu You was taken aback for a moment. He was about to go to the Duke of the Blood Race, but the other party came to him first?

   Having said that, not long after the fragmented post on the earth side was posted, he received an invitation when he turned around. Could it be...

   Mu You had already vaguely guessed something, and didn't say much at this time, the manipulator followed the two blood servants.

  【You followed the blood servant to an inconspicuous courtyard on the edge of the Undercity, the residence of the Vanjo family. 】

  【After being interrogated by a vampire at the door, you are allowed to enter the courtyard. 】

  【Stepping into the courtyard, you immediately looked at a colorful fruit vine in front of the courtyard. This is a rare ornamental crop, a rare magic plant that can grow underground. 】

  【Brand with white beard and hair, wearing a plain robe, standing under the fruit vine with a cane. Hearing the movement behind him, Brand turned to look at you with a gentle look on his face. 】

  【"Duke Brand, I heard you are looking for me?" You stepped forward and spoke. 】

  【"Yes." Brand nodded, looked at you carefully with old and cloudy eyes, and said, "Should I call you Liston, or should I call you 'Captain Ghost'?"】

   Mu You frowned, but he didn't expect that the other party would reveal his identity in one breath, and judging from the tone, it seemed that he already knew his true identity.

   Mu You didn't feel nervous because of this, since the other party invited him to come and be alone so politely, it must not be to embarrass him.

  【"It doesn't matter, it's all the same." You replied. 】

【"Then I'd better call you Liston, it's easier to say." Brand invited you to sit in front of the stone table, smiled at you and said, "Don't be nervous, in fact, I knew you were not Liston. Back then, Liston was the most capable officer under me. I knew many things about him. The reason why Liston chose to sleep at the beginning was because the curse contradicted, which led him to enter the process of slow death. And he once devoured A "sleeping" talent can slowly wash away all the talents and curses that have been swallowed by a long-term sleep. This was his only way to survive at the time, but this process took nearly ten thousand years, and now it has only passed a thousand years. It was as far away as when he woke up, so as soon as you appeared, I knew you must not be him. The only possibility was the fool who borrowed his body to return to life. In addition to your remarks at the clan meeting later, your identity also It’s about to come out.”]

  【"I see." You nodded. The other party took the initiative to explain the reason for seeing through you, so that you can feel at ease. 】

【"Actually, I have been following you for the past two days, and at the same time, I am also following the dynamics of the world of fools. But now, it seems that your situation is not good, and you are at a disadvantage in the competition in the city of eternal night, especially what happened just now , seems to have greatly increased the opponent's advantage. Is that so?" Brand looked at you and asked. 】

   Sure enough, the other party also has eyeliner on earth! He can know the posts just posted on the forum, which shows that the intelligence network is quite deep.

In this way, what Teddy said at the clan meeting before, in fact, the old man already knew about it, and it was one of his thoughts at the time that he might even unite with werewolves, so he didn't puncture Teddy, but borrowed Tai The mouth of the flute expresses this idea.

   Mu You breathed out and typed in the input box.

  【"It's just a superficial advantage." You replied. 】

  【"So actually?" Brand asked. 】

【"Actually, you have also seen that Scarlet Dawn controls a city of werewolves, but it has nothing to do with me. On the other hand, the other party's hole cards are almost exposed, but mine has never been revealed yet." you answer. 】

  【Brand groaned for a few seconds after hearing the words, but he didn't ask your hole cards, but asked: "Then what do you think is the best choice for the blood race now?"]

  【"Obviously, cooperate with me to defeat Scarlet Dawn, and I will take the city lord, and you will get a high-quality gathering place for mutual benefit." You answer. 】

【"Oh? Why not cooperate with Scarlet Dawn?" Brand looked at you with great interest, and added: "Don't say that the blood clan and the wolf clan are enemies. There are no permanent enemies in this world, only permanent interests. With our identity, we should pay more attention to the essence when looking at problems. The current wolf king is a werewolf on the surface, but he is actually a fool in essence. This is a very delicate identity. If we cooperate with Scarlet Dawn, we may become a blood race An opportunity to eliminate hatred with the wolves."]

  【"Because you can't do it, if you can do it, the two of you have already reached an agreement at the clan meeting." You replied. 】

【"In fact, you far underestimated your clansman's hatred for werewolves. The temptation at the clan meeting proved that unless the blood clan is at the end of the road, it is possible to attach to the wolf clan. At other times, as long as there is a little choice, you There is no basis for cooperation between them!"]

  【"It seems that you can see clearly." Brand smiled wryly. The temptation at the clan meeting made him understand that if he wanted to unite the wolf clan, he would definitely face huge opposition within the clan, which might directly lead to the split of the blood clan. Surrendering to the werewolf is doomed to be a desperate choice. 】

  【"What about you?" Brand looked at you again: "What kind of capital do you have to guarantee that our cooperation with you will be more beneficial than cooperation with Scarlet Dawn?"】

  【"It's very simple, I already have a city in the sky, but Scarlet Dawn doesn't. This is my biggest advantage." You answer. 】

  Already owning a sky city means that no matter whether the investment of the blood race is successful or not, they can finally get a sky city as a place of residence.

  Although Dawn City is not as convenient as Eternal Night City for the blood race, half of the time every day needs to avoid the sun, but at least it is a gathering place that can guarantee the safety of the clan.

This is a condition that Scarlet Dawn can never provide, and it is also the most important thing for the leader of the Blood Race: support Blood Dawn, if the battle for the city fails, the Blood Race will have nothing; and support Captain Ghost, no matter whether you win or lose, at least the Blood Race There are also retreat options.

  【Your answer made Brand's eyes light up, and he nodded in satisfaction. 】

  【"In that case, let's have an open and honest talk now." Brand invited you to discuss 'deepening cooperation', do you accept it? 】

"accept."

   Mu You exhaled. Knowing his identity, the old man specially called him over, but he was actually ready to cooperate with him.

  The reason why I said so much first is that I still don’t know what to say, and I just want him to help strengthen my confidence.

   In the next two hours, Mu You and the old man discussed the cooperation details in detail.

  The two of you came and went for a long time, and finally agreed on the specific content of cooperation.

On Brand's side, he can pay Muyou the three drops of the ancestor's blood in advance to help him increase his combat power, and at the same time give Muyou the power to mobilize vampires from various families, but all withering orders need to be known to Brand, He himself gave the order.

   As for Muyou, it is necessary to ensure that after capturing the Eternal Night City, a separate gathering place will be set aside for the Blood Race, and the Blood Race will enjoy the same rights as the Fool residents in the Eternal Night City.

  At the same time, if the capture of the city fails, the blood clans will collectively move to Dawn City, and other conditions are the same as Eternal Night City.

  (end of this chapter)